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Mariano Otero

Mariano Otero is a tango dancer who has been recorded performing with several partners, most often with Alejandra Heredia [2]. His documented appearances include the Tangofestivalvacanze in Puglia and the Lisbon Tango Festival [2][3][5].

2008: 122009: 42010: 142011: 22012: 52013: 72014: 12015: 152016: 122017: 132018: 72019: 262020: 52021: 172022: 242023: 62024: 22025: 92026: 3
2008’10’202026
performances filmed, by the year danced· our videos

2008: 12, 0; 2009: 4, 0; 2010: 14, 0; 2011: 2, 0; 2012: 5, 0; 2013: 7, 0; 2014: 1, 0; 2015: 15, 0; 2016: 12, 0; 2017: 13, 0; 2018: 7, 0; 2019: 26, 0; 2020: 5, 0; 2021: 17, 0; 2022: 24, 0; 2023: 6, 0; 2024: 2, 0; 2025: 9, 0; 2026: 3, 0

  1. 50% of Mariano Otero’s filmed performances are from 2017–2022.

    How we know

    The shortest run of years that holds at least half of them: 92 of 184 performances in our videos, each filmed Occasion once, under the year it was danced.

  2. 115 of Mariano Otero’s 184 filmed performances (62%) are with Alejandra Heredia, 2008–2026.

    How we know

    Each filmed Occasion once, with the partner the video credits; a partner is named when they share at least half of them.

Mariano Otero is a tango dancer . A dancer listing names five partners: Alejandra Heredia, Alejandra Mantinan, Silvia Fuentes, Marie Primat and Rebeca Núñez .

The best-documented partnership in the sources is with Alejandra Heredia [2][3][4][5]. Their earliest indexed video uploads date from 2010 [2]. Later records show them performing at the Lisbon Tango Festival in 2018 and again in June 2026, and giving an interview together in 2021 [3][4][5].

Career

The earliest indexed video uploads of Otero's performances with Alejandra Heredia date from 2010 [2].

In July 2017 Otero danced with Alejandra Mantiñán at the Tangofestivalvacanze in Puglia [2]. Sources spell her name differently: one gives it as Alejandra Mantiñán and another as Alejandra Mantinan [2].

On 2 June 2018 Otero and Heredia danced to "Retrolonga" at the 16th Lisbon Tango Festival [3].

In 2021 Otero and Heredia were interviewed together in the Night Fever series published by Milongueros All Aboard [4]. The source is titled as the 76th edition of that series [4].

On 7 June 2026 Otero and Heredia performed together at the Lisbon Tango Festival in Portugal [5].

Dance partners

A dancer listing records the following partners of Otero :

  • Alejandra Heredia
  • Alejandra Mantinan (also spelled Mantiñán) [2]
  • Silvia Fuentes
  • Marie Primat
  • Rebeca Núñez

The listing gives no dates or details for his partnerships with Silvia Fuentes, Marie Primat or Rebeca Núñez .

References

How Tangopedia works

  1. 2.Mariano Otero on TangoTube · tangotube.tv
  2. 3.Alejandra Heredia and Mariano Otero – Retrolonga · youtube.com
  3. 4.76th Night Fever - Mariano Otero and Alejandra Heredia · milonguerosallaboard.com
  4. 5.Mariano Otero y Alejandra Heredia. Lisbon Tango Festival, Portugal, 07/06/26 · youtube.com

How they dance

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Filmed

2008–2026

What they dance

  • Tango 54%
  • Vals 30%
  • Milonga 16%

Orchestras they dance to most

Cities filmed in

  • Lisbon36 videos
  • Moscow35 videos
  • Catania14 videos
  • Valencia8 videos
  • Trieste6 videos
  • Toulouse5 videos

Career

Titles, partnerships and events, newest first

  1. 2026Filmed at · Lisbon Tango Festival
  2. 2025Filmed at · Planetango
  3. 2025Filmed at · Lisbon Tango Festival
  4. 2023First filmed with · Marie Primat
  5. 2022Filmed at · Lisbon Tango Festival
  6. 2021Filmed at · Planetango
  7. 2021Filmed at · Istanbul Tango Festival
  8. 2020Filmed at · Planetango
  9. 2020First filmed with · Rebeca Núñez
  10. 2019Filmed at · Lisbon Tango Festival
  11. 2019Filmed at · Limouzi Tango Festival
  12. 2018Filmed at · Lisbon Tango Festival
  13. 2018Filmed at · Viva La Pepa
  14. 2017First filmed with · Alejandra Mantinan
  15. 2017First filmed with · Silvia Fuentes
  16. 2015Filmed at · Wawel Tango Festival
  17. 2008First filmed with · Alejandra Heredia

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Partnered with5

Partnered with Alejandra Heredia

Single source

Partnered with Alejandra Mantinan

Single source

Partnered with Silvia Fuentes

Single source

Partnered with Marie Primat

Single source

Partnered with Rebeca Núñez

Single source

Notes5

Earliest TangoTube uploads of his performances with Alejandra Heredia.2010

Single source

Dances with Alejandra Mantiñán at the Tangofestivalvacanze in Puglia (July).2017

Single source

Dances Retrolonga with Heredia at the 16th Lisbon Tango Festival.Jun 2, 2018

Single source

Interviewed with Heredia in Milongueros All Aboard's Night Fever series.2021

Single source

Performs with Heredia at the Lisbon Tango Festival.Jun 7, 2026

Single source

Era1

Era electronic-festival2008–2026

Single source

Partners

Danced together in TangoTube's videos · our data

Who danced with Mariano Otero, year by year

Events

Where they were filmed, most first · our data

Timeline

  1. 2010Earliest TangoTube uploads of his performances with Alejandra Heredia.

    source

  2. 2017Dances with Alejandra Mantiñán at the Tangofestivalvacanze in Puglia (July).

    source

  3. Jun 2, 2018Dances Retrolonga with Heredia at the 16th Lisbon Tango Festival.

    source

  4. 2021Interviewed with Heredia in Milongueros All Aboard's Night Fever series.

    source

  5. Jun 7, 2026Performs with Heredia at the Lisbon Tango Festival.

    source

Most watched videos

On TangoTube · our data

All their videos on TangoTube

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Listen

  1. PatéticoTango Bardo2017
  2. Valsecito criolloJuan D'Arienzo1937
  3. InviernoOrquesta Romantica Milonguera · Roberto Minondi, Marisol Martínez2017
  4. La serenata de ayerJuan D'Arienzo · Héctor Mauré1941
  5. BomboncitoFulvio Salamanca · Armando Guerrico1958
  6. LocaTango Bardo2015
  7. El olivoJuan D'Arienzo · Héctor Mauré1941
  8. Primavera porteñaColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)2003
  9. Cabeza de noviaJuan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe1938
  10. El puntazoJuan D'Arienzo1952
  11. Rie payaso rieFrancisco Canaro · Charlo1929
  12. Esquinas porteñasÁngel D'Agostino · Ángel Vargas1942

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